Illinois and Nebraska Earn Weekly Men’s Basketball Honors

Illinois and Nebraska Earn Weekly Men’s Basketball Honors

Illinois’ Kofi Cockburn Named Player of the Week

 

Player of the Week

Kofi Cockburn, Illinois

C – Jr. – 7-0 – Kingston, Jamaica – Oak Hill Academy (Va.)

• Averaged 27.0 points, 10.0 rebounds, 1.0 steal, 1.0 block, and 0.5 assists per game in Illinois’ two victories last week
• Tallied 37 points, 12 rebounds, and a block in an 80-67 win over No. 11 Wisconsin
• His 37 points tied the season high for most points in a Big Ten game, and his 16 field goals were the most against a ranked opponent this season in the NCAA
• Recorded 17 points, eight rebounds, two steals, an assist, and a block in a 74-57 win at Indiana
• Earns his fourth career Player of the Week honor
• Last Illinois Player of the Week: Trent Frazier (Jan. 17, 2022)

 

Freshman of the Week

Bryce McGowens, Nebraska

G – 6-7 – Pendleton, S.C. – Legacy Early College

• Averaged 17.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.5 steals, and 1.0 assist in Nebraska’s two games last week
• Recorded 24 points, six rebounds, three steals, and an assist against Michigan
• Marked the fourth consecutive game scoring at least 20 points, the most ever for a freshman in school history
• Scored 10 points and added three rebounds and an assist against Northwestern
• Earns his fifth career Freshman of the Week honor
• Last Nebraska Freshman of the Week: Bryce McGowens (Jan. 31, 2021)

 

 

2021-22 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Players of the Week

 

Nov. 15

P: Trayce Jackson-Davis, Jr., IND

F: Bryce McGowens, NEB

 

Nov. 22

P: Keegan Murray, So., IOWA

P: Trevion Williams, Sr., PUR

F: Caleb Furst, PUR

 

Nov. 29

P: Johnny Davis, So., WIS

F: Bryce McGowens, NEB

 

Dec. 6

P: Payton Willis, Sr., MINN

P: Brad Davison, Sr., WIS

F: Max Christie, MSU

F: Chucky Hepburn, WIS

 

Dec. 13

P: E.J. Liddell, Jr., OSU

P: Trevion Williams, Sr., PUR

F: Max Christie, MSU

 

Dec. 20

P: Keegan Murray, So., IOWA

F: Kobe Bufkin, MICH

F: Bryce McGowens, NEB

 

Dec. 27

P: Kofi Cockburn, Jr., ILL

F: Max Christie, MSU

 

Jan. 3

P: Keegan Murray, So., IOWA

F: Malaki Branham, OSU

 

Jan. 10

P: Kofi Cockburn, Jr., ILL

P: Johnny Davis, So., WIS

F: Max Christie, MSU

F: Malaki Branham, OSU

 

Jan. 17

P: Trent Frazier, Sr., ILL

F: Max Christie, MSU

 

Jan. 24

P: Payton Willis, Sr., MINN

P: Hunter Dickinson, So., MICH

F: Caleb Houstan, MICH

 

Jan. 31

P: Jaden Ivey, So., PUR

F: Bryce McGowens, NEB

 

Feb. 7

P: Kofi Cockburn, Jr., ILL

F: Bryce McGowens, NEB